Set Reminder2021-12-11 12:00:002021-12-11 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Winter Magic Auction https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/winter-magic-auction-21958 Our December sale features the collection of Bob Rossi. While Mr. Rossi was an ardent collector of books and manuscripts, his main focus was memorabilia from the career of Joseph Dunninger, the "master mind of modern mystery."
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[AMUSEMENTS] A group of 22 titles. Including: GOOD, Arthur. Magical Experiments, or Science in Play. New York: Worthington Co., 1892. Frontispiece, illustrated. Publisher?s pictorial green cloth (rubbing, sunning to spine). -- MACCABE, Frederic. The Art of Ventriloquism. London: Frederick Warne & Company, [1875]. Publisher?s printed boards (rubbing, bumping to corners). Toole Stott 460. -- PEPPER, John Henry. The Playbook of Metals. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1866. Frontispiece, illustrated. Publisher?s blue cloth with titles gilt stamped (rubbing). -- TAYLOR, Joseph. The Instructive Pocket Companion. London: R. Hill, 1819. Frontispiece. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards, titles gilt stamped (rubbing to extremities). Rare. -- All 8vos, 4tos. Condition generally fair to good.